It’s only been a minute since PinkPantheress first uploaded her first TikTok with song ‘Just a Waste.’ Since then, the breakout 21-year-old star from Bath has sold out shows in London, attracted almost 9 million monthly Spotify listeners and won BBC’s Sound of 2022. Today she packs out the BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse.

She’s one of the most exciting acts to see at this year’s festival. Starting off with crowd-pleaser bop ‘Break it off’ she gives us her infectious energy straight from the off. Tracks fused with bedroom pop, drum and bass, and 2 step garage, matched with her soothing and sometimes melodramatic lyrics, get the adoring crowd grooving away.

Her sound has a nostalgic feel to it, mostly contributed by the range of samples used from the 1990s and early 2000s, but she puts her own, unique spin on things. Highlights included lo-fi hip-hop-esque ‘Pain’, TikTok viral hit ‘Break It Off’ and ‘Attracted To You’, a shorter track which leaves us wanting more. She even treated us to recently released disco-house single ‘Picture in my mind’ which went down a storm.

With a performance filled with effortless coolness and boundless energy and an album on the way early next year, PinkPantheress is here to stay.